Day: December 12, 2011

Ho Ho Ho everyone! It’s that time of year – wow – where did 2011 go? (For that matter, where did 1999 go?) Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. (Brief pause for hyper-ventilation.) Folks are running around buying gifts and food, making gifts and baking, and planning the holiday dinners and get-togethers. Some, however, don’t get to look forward to Christmas with happy anticipation and mild anxiety about in-laws. They have a real, deep-down dread – “Do I have money to buy food? Can I let the rent slide one more month? What am I going to feed my …